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A Little Roundup 01.26.23

1/26/2023

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Olympic Sports Athletes Are Making Headlines

Marathoners Maryna Nemchenko and Mykola Mevhsa live in the 'shadow of uncertainty' as they navigate competitions while not being able to return home to Ukraine.
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Maryna Nemchenko (l) and Mykola Mevsha (courtesy photo c/o Prothomalo.com)
Youth Olympic figure skater Dmytro Sharpar is killed in the fighting against Russia in Ukraine.

Team Canada looks at retiring figure skater Keegan Messing's 'most quintessential moments'.

Get a glimpse of hurdler Karsten Warholm's training camp days on his Instagram page.

Meanwhile sprint hurdler Milan Trajkovic gets an interview with TrackFieldCY: goals for this indoor season, representing fellow athletes, and that Cypriot record. (in Greek)

Champion pole vaulter Armand Duplantis took his loss at Sweden's recent Sports Gala well, but came up with the big prize at the Atheletcis Gala...

Triple Olympic long-distance runner Dathan Ritzenhein speaks with Track & Field News on his outlook and plans as a coach for his On Athletics Club squad.

Get to know champion swimmer David Popovici with an exclusive interview with FINA: world records, training, and 'much more'.

Olympian ice hockey goalie Ryan Miller gives thanks to his Buffalo supporters as his jersey is retired.

Taylor Averill and the Tallest Podcast on Earth host fellow Team USA volleyball-er TJ Defalco to discuss his 'unique upbringing' and 'emotional journey', and more.

Get to know up-and-coming biathlete Tommaso Giacomel, one of the season's 'athletes of the week'.

GQ: 'Seven young stars who are poised to take over tennis' includes Frances Tiafoe, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud, Holger Rune, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Matteo Berrettini.

Sydney 2000 Olympian Jelena Dokic claps back at online trolls during her tennis commentary duties.

What do some of water polo's 'luminaries' think of the new rules for the sport implemented in a recent test series in Australia?

Boxing Olympian Mary Kom gets a high-profile abuse oversight committee role...in wrestling.

Former Team Australia bobsledder, and LGBTQ sports advocate, Simon Dunn passes away unexpectedly.

Gaffer: Samantha Kerr and Kristie Mewis are 'the power couple taking over (soccer)'.

Wall Street Journal: How did a lunch with tennis great Roger Federer help 'fuel' Mikaela Shiffrin's run to  a record Alpine skiing mark?

Aconcagua: Retired Alpine skier Hig Roberts had a different type of mountainous experience.

After Jan Zabystran's four Alpine skiing medals at the Winter University Games, he now has his sights on larger targets: "After this, it's only going to be world championships and Olympics".

Italo Ferreira talks with Olympics.com on his 'arduous journey from a fishing village to Olympic gold', legacy, and fellow Team Brazil surfers.

Luger Elsa Desmond's good start to this season can be credited to a Team Romanian partnership, Beijing 2022-inspired confidence, and...'Pegasus'.

Cross-country skier Rosie Brennan looks back on her 'remarkable' 2023 Tour de Ski with Team USA.

Vote for Daring Simone: A 'short form tv & streaming reality series' on gymnast Simone Biles is up for a NAACP award.

Team Great Britain's Ondine Achampong sees herself as a potential leading all-around gymnast after 'adjustments' made in the last years.

Speaking of Team GB...Max Whitlock shares how opening up on mental health struggles has helped him in his gymnastics.

Golfer Olivia Mehaffey is carefully stepping back into competition after time away - and a blog - helped her with her grief.

Fencer Sun Yiwen still sees her Tokyo 2020 success as a 'new beginning' as she returns from injury delay.
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Sun Yiwen (CFP)
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Let's Get Social 01.20.23

1/20/2023

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Olympic Sports Stars Are On Social Media, Too...

Borna Coric enjoys a hotel view.
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Brooke Raboutou bundles up.
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Deborah Rodriguez enjoys a beach day.
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Maggie Steffens made a friend.
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Martin Fuksa appreciates a good view.
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A Little Roundup 01.16.23

1/16/2023

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A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

After a 10-month break from tennis while becoming a mother and supporting her Ukrainian homeland, Elina Svitolina is looking for a 2023 return.
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Elina Svitolina (Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA via Shutterstock)
Tennis star Iga Swiatek for The Players' Tribune: 'The Story of a Polish Introvert'.

The Sydney Morning Herald looks back at Sydney 2000, when Team Switzerland tennis players Roger Federer and Mirka Vavrinec made a connection...

Who are the 'Top five most accomplished women going for their first (tennis) Grand Slam at the Australian Open'?

Speaking of Australian Open tennis...Novak Djokovic moves past last year's drama: "If I hold the grudges...I wouldn't be here".

​Ahead of the current Men's Handball World Championship, Team USA squad members Ian Huter and Drew Donlin caught up with Team USA.

Soccer Olympians including Lionel Messi, Neymar, Alex Morgan, and Samantha Kerr dot the field of nominees for 'The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022'.

​Team USA soccer star Crystal Dunn reflects on her first New Zealand visit as she looks ahead to the World Cup later this year.

FIS' Down the Line looks at a moment on the tour with Alpine skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.

Meanwhile, how is fellow Norwegian Lucas Braathen 'defying stereotypes' of an Alpiune skier?

Nick Bandurak's 'remarkable sports journey' has brought him, finally, to Team England's senior field hockey squad.

More field hockey as Team Belgium's Elliot van Strydonck says out loud the frustrations with the global disparity of the sport's visibility.

Olympic champion Shaun White brings his snowboard with him, even to Antartica.

Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad takes her personal story of perseverance and success to the classroom.

"I'm used to performing under incredible amounts of pressure." Olympic wrestler Jordan Steen now serves as a police officer.

Champion gymnast Simone Biles scores a new Wheaties box cover. Congrats!

College gymnast Olivia Dunne's popularity gets out of hand on the road.

Nathan Power and Zoe Arancini are just two of many water polo stars hoping to inspire the next generation in Australia.

The New York Times looks at how Montreal 1976 Olympian and basketball trailblazer Lusia Harris' legacy at Delta State has gone under-recognized. (paywall)

Sprinter Trayvon Bromell gives an exclusive interview to Laureus' Spirit of Sport series, touching on his rise in the sport and what it takes to run a 9.6 seconds 100 meters.

Did 'millions' go missing from sprint legend Usain Bolt's account at his investment firm?

Sprint hurdler Luca Kozak and swimmer Kristof Milak share 2022 'Athlete of the Year' honors in Hungary.

Reality competition show The Traitors offers former Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte part of a path toward financial redemption.

Team Canada siblings Summer and Brooke McIntosh forge their own remarkable paths in Olympic sports: swimming and figure skating, respectively.

Filipino Olympic weightlifting may not just be about Hidilyn Diaz anymore, as Elreen Ando, Vanessa Sarno, and Kristel Macrohon are eyed as possible Paris 2024 contenders.

Fiona Bombardier follows her mother's footsteps in figure skating, even if she hasn't always known that.

Beijing 2022 figure skating champ Nathan Chen tries to remain patient as he - and his fellow team event competitors - await final resolution to the competition.

Highlight reel: rising ice hockey star Nela Lopusanova is the first woman to score a Michigan' goal at an IIHF tournament. (p.s she's only 14-years-old!) See the goal...
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Nela Lopušanová (IIHF)
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A Little Roundup 01.12.23

1/12/2023

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Athletes of Olympic Sports Are Making Headlines

Ice hockey legend (and Nagano 1998 Olympian) Wayne Gretzky expresses support for Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression.
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Wayne Gretzky (r) (Uke)
What does Lindsey Vonn think of Mikaela Shiffrin tying her all-time Alpine skiing wins record?

MilanoCortina2026: What is Alpine skier Dominik Paris' connection to the Stelvio slope, where the next Winter Games will feature? (in Italian)

Biathlon World: Five (+ 1) 'burning questions' for the 'easy-going, always quotable' biathlete Tarjei Boe.

Irish road cyclist Sam Bennett's confidence after a strong 2022 season is well-founded, says his pro team management.

Abhishek: Team India's new field hockey squad member hopes for a breakthrough tournament at the World Cup starting this week.

Now post injury and child birth, middle -distance runner Lynsey Sharp makes a successful track return.

"It's as perfect as it can get...": cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo relishes a third key title.

World Rowing's 'Women's Crew of the Year' award for 2022 goes to Simona Radis and Ancuta Bodnar.

Not 'too old to be the real thing', marathoner Sinead Diver is still a top competitive threat at age 45.

An injured skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender contemplates a 'transition out of the sport'.

Count Olympians Scott Moir and Kaitlyn Weaver as supporters of Team Canada's decision to allow some same-sex partnerships in competitive figure skating.

Tokyo 2020 tennis star Naomi Osaka has some news...

Iga Swiatek is the first tennis player since 1937 to be named 'Sports Personality of the Year' in Poland.

The upstart Professional Tennis Players Association looks set with an executive committee that includes founders Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil, and Ins Jabeur, Hubert Hurkacz,  John Isner, Paula Badosa, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and Zheng Saisai.

Speed skater Miho Takagi decided against retirement after Beijing 2022, instead taking a different approach in her training for a new challenge.

The New York Times: Basketball star 'Draymond Green sets us straight on the real NBA'. (paywall)

World Championships silver medalist Liu Qingyi (or, um, B-girl 671) headlines Team China's breaking quad looking for Paris 2024 qualifications.

Gymnast Coline Devillard's World Championships bronze last fall has spirited her desire to make it to Paris 2024.

Ashleigh Johnson (water polo), Marcel Nguyen (gymnastics), and Ruth Mwandumba (shooting) join the Lacoste family as brand ambassadors.

Olympic golfer Ryan Fox scores a 'dream' bucket list item with an invite to play The Masters this year.

Double Olympic golf medalist Lydia Ko named one of the 'Players of the Year' for 2022 by the Golf Writers Association of America.

Speaking of Mwandumba, the shooter received another honor as well, through her #targetchange partnership with the Women's Sports Alliance.

Tri Bourne and Chaim Schalk shake up Team USA's beach volleyball with their pairing announcement.

Junior sailors recently competed in Australian nationals, in a competition widely seen as a pathway to 470 class sailing in the Olympics.

The impact of diver Tom Daley's and freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy's Olympic appearances, amongst others', inspires a PhD scholarship opportunity.

Fencer Maxine Esteban has a 'stacked first-half slate' of tournaments despite still recovering from injury.

U25 equestrian eventer Greta Mason offers tips on how to keep your line 'right' for every fence.

After a strong 2022, Ireland's women's boxing team has high hopes for remarkable success at Paris 2024.
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Team Ireland at the 2022 European Boxing Championships (RTE)
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A Little Roundup 01.09.23

1/9/2023

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A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

London 2012 champion boxer Oleksandr Usyk has a new year's wish for "victory" and "peace" in Ukraine.
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Oleksandr Usyk
Bobsledder Justin Kripps joins the Off the Podium podcast to chat Cool Runnings, Australia, and more.

Royal-blood equestrian rider Zara Tindall missed Rio 2016, but has eyes on making it to another Games.

Team Austria gymnast Selina Kickinger has big goals for 2023, including qualifying for Paris 2024.

Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas still have Olympic gold dreams after falling short in mixed doubles tennis at Tokyo 2020: "We will keep trying".

Tennis.com: Tokyo 2020 Olympian 'Hubert Hurkacz is a nice guy who isn't finishing last'. 

A rising leader of Team France judo, Romane Dicko wants gold at Paris 2024. (in French, paywall)

U.S. Air Force's World Class Athlete Program athletes with eyes toward Paris 2024 represent a variety of sports, including boxing, modern pentathlon, fencing, track & field, shooting, water polo, and wrestling.

Ski jumper Halvor Egner Granerud jumps on the Erling Haaland meditation celebration bandwagon...

Gauthier Mvumbi, the "Shaquille O'Neal of team handball', works with the real deal to promote the sport.

Dylan Schmidt's breakthrough World Championships title was one highlight of the year in trampolining.

What does retired star Arnd Pfeiffer think of the current biathlon season so far?

"Finding balance is the most important thing in my life." Vogue Hong Kong features freeskier Eileen Gu.

Skateboarder Cody French has Paris 2024 dreams despite battling a 'mystery illness'.

Olympic fencer Nzingha Prescod took her skills to the classroom in New Rochelle recently.

GQ Sports on YouTube: What are 10 things hurdler Sydney McLaughlin 'can't live without'?

Intrigue within Team Poland as long hurdler Sebastian Urbaniak and long sprinter Jakub Krzewina have an altercation...and sprinter Ewa Swoboda's home? (in Polish)

Mondo Duplantis' World Championships pole vault world record wins Track & Field News' 'Men's Performance of the Year' for last season...

...and Mondo gets another honor, as he's named AIPS' 'European Sportsman of the Year', alongside women's counterpart Alexia Putellas (soccer).

Steeplechase Mahiedine Makhissi-Benabbad, 'one of track & field's villains', retires.

How has fatherhood given surfer Kolohe Andino a 'new lease of life'?

How did photographer Shaun Botterill capture that image of soccer super star Lionel Messi, the most liked Instagram post ever?

​Tokyo 2020 rugby sevens Olympian Greg O'Shea opens up about mental health struggles: "...I'm in convulsions of tears...".
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Team Chile's field hockey captain Fernando Renz knows the squad will face "huge games" at the upcoming World Cup, but is confident they'll do 'their best'.

Helsinki 1952 swimming champ Joan Harrison-Breetzke has her Olympic medal recovered after a theft.

Team Japan's Rie Kaneto gives back to her sport through swimming lessons to the next generation...

...as does Team USA's Tokyo 2020 gold medalist Zach Apple.

World number four Chou Tien Chen thinks 'fans can expect better' in 2023 from the badminton player.

Triathlete Alistair Brownlee to bring 'an athlete perspective' to the British Olympic Foundation.

Will a partner swap help some of Team Germany's top beach volleyballers confirm Paris 2024 plans?

Tokyo 2020 rower Matt Rossiter has focused his water sports dreams in another direction, as he joins sailing great Ben Aislie's America's Cup crew.

Matthieu Androdias and Hugo Boucheron are World Rowing's '2022 Men's Crew of the Year'.

"I am going to be okay with time." BMX rider Hannah Roberts resets after an injury-plagued end to 2022.

Road cyclist Mark Cavendish's robbery ordeal intensifies in a trial where all suspects aren't accounted for.

Meanwhile, fellow cyclist Ivan Sosa is the latest to find himself on the wrong end of an assault incident.

Taekwondo athlete Jack Woolley is quick to acknowledge the team effort that has lead to his success.

​Ending 2022 with a first-ever career World Cup podium, Alpine skier Paula Moltzan is 'invigorated' for the remainder of the season.

The moment looms large for Alpine skier Mikaea Shiffrin as she nears sole ownership of a key milestone.

'A portrait of a modern ski racer': Catch up with how Lucas Pinheiro Braathen has prepared for the 2022/23 Alpine season.

​Speed skater Brittany Bowe has 'big plans for the future', despite 2023 being a light season for her.

"Now I want to improve myself, develop myself..." Speed skater Jutta Leerdam finds success in the start of a new season following lots of personal change.
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Jutta Leerdam (ISU)
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